A Force to be Reckoned with? The Radical Left in the 1970s.

The radical left has been a permanent, albeit marginal, feature of British politics since the Russian Revolution. It has rarely been a threat to the Labour Party or the mainstream of the trade union movement. The 1970s are a partial exception to this general trend. Communist and Trotskyist organisat...

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Main Author: Jeremy Tranmer
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Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2017-12-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1728
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A Force to be Reckoned with? The Radical Left in the 1970s.
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1970s
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radical left
CPGB
SWP
Militant tendency
title A Force to be Reckoned with? The Radical Left in the 1970s.
title_full A Force to be Reckoned with? The Radical Left in the 1970s.
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CPGB
SWP
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